Haymarket produce district. Chicagoans gathered in the streets to watch anarchist activists speak, from atop a freight wagon, about the violent death of workers during a labor dispute that occurred during the previous day elsewhere in the city. When about 175 police officers arrived to disperse the spectators, a dynamite bomb was thrown at them, resulting in the deaths of at least seven policemen and four civilians.
CBS Chicago, “Great Places To Visit On Chicago’s West Side”
